# HG changeset patch # User Richard M. Stallman # Date 1109462537 0 # Node ID 5d97024404ac45dd8e41ea309c387dc4f8033a80 # Parent afb61f4e22bb2338633106e2e4f2236d3b6649d3 (The Mark): Clarify. diff -r afb61f4e22bb -r 5d97024404ac lispref/markers.texi --- a/lispref/markers.texi Sun Feb 27 00:01:41 2005 +0000 +++ b/lispref/markers.texi Sun Feb 27 00:02:17 2005 +0000 @@ -394,17 +394,17 @@ @cindex mark ring One special marker in each buffer is designated @dfn{the mark}. It -records a position for the user for the sake of commands such as -@code{kill-region} and @code{indent-rigidly}. Lisp programs should set -the mark only to values that have a potential use to the user, and never -for their own internal purposes. For example, the @code{replace-regexp} -command sets the mark to the value of point before doing any -replacements, because this enables the user to move back there -conveniently after the replace is finished. +specifies a position to bound a range of text for commands such as +@code{kill-region} and @code{indent-rigidly}. Lisp programs should +set the mark only to values that have a potential use to the user, and +never for their own internal purposes. For example, the +@code{replace-regexp} command sets the mark to the value of point +before doing any replacements, because this enables the user to move +back there conveniently after the replace is finished. - Many commands are designed so that when called interactively they -operate on the text between point and the mark. If you are writing such -a command, don't examine the mark directly; instead, use + Many commands are designed to operate on the text between point and +the mark when called interactively. If you are writing such a +command, don't examine the mark directly; instead, use @code{interactive} with the @samp{r} specification. This provides the values of point and the mark as arguments to the command in an interactive call, but permits other Lisp programs to specify arguments